* Survivors of sexual abuse tend to have more disturbing sexual fantasies than their nonabused peers. For more information, read the article by John Briere, et al., and my book, Private Thoughts, coauthored with Suzie Boss (see the Resources section). In one informal survey I administered at a large “Healing Woman” survivor conference in 1996, approximately four out of five female survivors indicated they were troubled by unwanted sexual fantasies.